According to the 2011 ERC Salary Survey, engineering jobs have shown mixed salary trends from 2008. Many engineering jobs showed modest or no increases, while others, particularly high-level engineering jobs, showed higher increases from 2008.
Engineering Jobs with the Highest Salary Increases from 2008
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | % Increase from ’08 |
Engineering Cost Estimator | $49,504 | $56,360 | $56,055 | $59,600 | 20.4% |
Engineering Project Manager | $75,712 | $81,441 | $84,169 | $89,685 | 18.5% |
Engineer III | $65,300 | $71,520 | $71,208 | $77,027 | 18.0% |
Engineer IV | $77,295 | $82,000 | $81,400 | $87,476 | 13.2% |
Manufacturing Engineer Manager | $84,678 | $83,991 | $83,991 | $92,500 | 9.2% |
Among the jobs that showed more modest increases from 2008, and only slight increases or no increases from 2010, were Application Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Industrial Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Plant Engineers, Process Engineers, Quality Engineers, and lower level Engineers (Engineer I and Engineer II). Salaries reported for engineering technician jobs followed a similar trend.
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